Professors: Dixon (English), Foster (English), Abel (English), Dreher (English), Japp (Communication Studies), Mamiya (Art and Art History), Potter (Philosophy), Fuller (Art and Art History), Renaud (Broadcasting). Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center: Ladely.

The film studies major and minor are interdisciplinary programs with courses in English, art, broadcasting, philosophy, communication studies and music which focus directly or implicitly on the critical, historical and theoretical discipline of the cinema. These programs are designed for students who wish to ultimately work in academic film studies, and also for those students who wish to understand film better as an art form, as popular culture, and a major medium of communication.

Requirements for the Major in Film Studies: The major requires thirty hours of approved courses, with four courses serving as core courses for the Major: English 213E (Film History); English 219 (Film Genre); English 239 (Film Directors) and English 373 (Film Theory and Criticism).

In addition to these required 12 hours of course work, 6 additional hours must be taken from Group A (see below); and 12 hours must be taken from Group B (see below).

Of the thirty hours, 12 hours must be taken at the 300 or 400 level, of which at least 6 hours must be taken at the 400 level. The general education core and electives will be those standard for the College of Arts and Sciences.

All students enrolling in courses offered by the Department of Broadcasting must have at least a 2.75 cumulative GPA. In addition, students wishing to enroll in Department of Broadcasting courses but who are not majoring in Broadcasting must have the written approval of the instructor. Courses in the Department of Broadcasting taken to meet the 18-hour requirement in Film Studies cannot be counted toward completion of the major in Broadcasting. Other Departments may have different policies in this matter; students are advised to check with the Departments in question to determine their policy in this area.

Requirements for the Minor in Film Studies: 18 hours, including at least 12 hours from courses listed in Group A. Students are directed to course listings in Group B for additional course offerings in the Film Studies Minor.

Group A

Broadcasting
226 Introduction to Broadcasting (Crosslisted as Journalism 226)
499 Independent Study in Broadcasting (3 cr)

English

209 Film: The Documentary (3 cr)
213E Intro to Film History (3 cr)
219 Film Genre (3cr)
230A Shakespeare (3 cr)
239 Film Directors (3 cr)
239B Women Filmmakers (3 cr)
259A Writing for Film and TV (3 cr)
269 Film Periods (3 cr)
270 Literary/Critical Theory (3 cr)
282 Literature and the Other Arts (3 cr)
283 Contemporary Culture (3 cr)
315B Women in Popular Culture (3 cr)
349 National Cinemas (3 cr)
373 Film Theory and Criticism (3 cr)
413/813 Film (3 cr)
439/839 Film Directors (3 cr)
459/859 Writing for Film and TV (3 cr)

Music
398 Music for Film

Group B

Art and Art History
388 Arts of the 20th Century: 1900 - 1945 (3 cr)
389 Arts of the 20th Century: 1945 to Present (3 cr)
471/871 History of Photography (3 cr)
472/872 Photography Since 1960 (3 cr)

Communication Studies
198 Special Topics (3 cr)
200 Introduction to Communication Studies (3 cr)
201 Introduction to Research Methods in Communication Studies (3 cr)
211 Intercultural Communication (3 cr)
280 Communication and Popular Culture (3 cr)
380 Gender and Communication (3 cr)
399 Independent Study (3 cr)
427/827 Instructional Communication (3 cr)
452/852 Communication and Culture (3 cr)
480/880 Critical and Interpretive Research (3 cr)

English
244B Black Women Authors (3 cr)
245D Chicana and/or Chicano Literature (3 cr)
283 Contemporary Culture (3 cr)
406/806 Genre (3 cr)
445 Ethnic Literature (3 cr)
471 Literature Criticism and Theory (3 cr)475 Rhetoric (3 cr)
475A Rhetorical Theory: Rhetoric of Women Writers (3 cr)
478 Electronic Texts: Theory and Practice (3 cr)

Philosophy
101 Introduction to Philosophy (3 cr)
106 Philosophy and Current Issues (3 cr)
218 Philosophy of Feminism (3 cr)
327 Aesthetics (3 cr)